(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Asking the opposition Congress to fight the National Herald case legally and not to disrupt parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that Congress leaders have to…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday announced that 6,000 extra public transport buses will be run in the city from January 1 to 15, when the government plans to…
Panaji, Dec 10 (IANS) Facing flak from the opposition over his birthday celebrations, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday urged the public to not spend money on flowers and newspaper ads and instead contribute to…
Pyongyang, Dec 10 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has admitted for the first time that Pyongyang possesses a hydrogen bomb, state-owned media reported on Thursday. “The state managed to become a powerful nuclear power…
Tripoli, Dec 10 (IANS/AKI) The leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has “fled” to Libya and is based in the group’s stronghold of Sirte. According to a report on Wednesday,…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Britain has announced around 300 new scholarships worth over 1.5 million pounds during 2016-17 for Indian students opting for studies in Britain. “Around 300 new scholarships for Indian students will…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated disruptions for the third day on Thursday over the National Herald case with Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi urging the chair…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Visiting Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defence Secretary Ash Carter are holding talks here Thursday focusing on strengthening and deepening defence cooperation under the US-India strategic partnership. Carter, who…
Tamil Nadu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, during his visit to flood affected areas in Tamil Nadu on Dec 3, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) AIADMK…
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) In what could be seen as a reply to the US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the US, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has welcomed…
A day after spurious liquor took the lives of five people in Vijayawada, YSR Congress Party president Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday called for total prohibition in Andhra Pradesh. “Gujarat government has been successfully implementing total prohibition in the…
Jerusalem, Dec 10 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced on Wednesday statements made by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, ahead of the latter’s scheduled controversial visit to Israel later this month. Trump said…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) The couple behind the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people were radicalised before they started dating, the director of the FBI has said. James Comey said Tashfeen Malik and husband…
Kabul, Dec 10 (IANS) At least 37 people including children were killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. BBC quoted Afghan defence…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 9 (IANS) The only permanent solution to the Mullaperiyar dam is a new dam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday. “In all other disputes over dams between states, the main issue…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday decided to create a buffer stock of pulses in the country. An official statement…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) A Rs.4,000 crore ten-year policy aimed at boosting shipbuilding and ship repair industry in India under the ‘Make in India’ initiative was cleared on Wednesday by the Union Cabinet. The…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday challenged the Congress to produce evidence in Parliament about their allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was indulging in ‘political vendetta’ in the National Herald…
Panaji, Dec 9 (IANS) On the backfoot following criticism by the opposition over elaborate preparations for the proposed 60th birthday bash for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday said no…
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference here. “Conveying India’s commitment to good neighbourly…